How to Show Your Profile with Photo in the Google Search Results

Figure 1: Google Search Result with Profile Photo

1. Create a Google+ account if you don't have one.
2. Add your name and photo to the Google+ profile.
3. Establish your authorship
   Authorship can be explicitly established via two primary methods: email verification or rel=author markup.
   
   • Email verification,
     1. Make sure that each article or post you publish on that domain has a clear byline identifying you as the author (for example, "By Ada Cheng" or "Author: Ada Cheng").
     2. Verify your email address in the Google+ Authorship page.
   • rel=author markup
     Create a link to your Google+ profile from your webpage, like: <a href="[profile_url]?rel=author">Google+ Profile</a> Replace [profile_url] with the your Google+ profile URL, like this: <a href="https://plus.google.com/110814153133954972941?rel=author">Google+ Profile</a> Your link must contain the ?rel=author parameter. If it's missing, Google won't be able to associate your content with your Google+ profile.
   However, if you wish to establish your authorship for Blogger posts, all you have to do is to upgrade/switch your Blogger Profile to Google+ Profile.
   

   

   Figure 2: rel=author markup has successfully established authorship

4. To see what author data Google can extract from your page, use Google's Structured Data Testing Tool. Note that It takes some time, maybe a few days, for Google to begin to associate your posts with your profile.

   

   Figure 3: Preview of Google Search Results in Structured Data Testing Tool

5. Wait for Google to associate your posts with your profile. In my experience, it may take a few days.

References

1. Google Authorship, Webmaster Tools from Google.
2. Author information in search results, Webmaster Tools from Google.
3. Instructions on how to Link a Google+ Profile to Content Created